Harley I Kornblum
Department of Neuroscience
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4.0
Overall Rating
Based on 1 User
Easiness 3.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 5.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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78.2%
62.6%
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31.3%
15.6%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

66.7%
55.6%
44.4%
33.3%
22.2%
11.1%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

27.8%
23.1%
18.5%
13.9%
9.3%
4.6%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A-
June 20, 2019

There were three professors for this class. Kornblum, Lebelle, and Ge.

Kornblum:
This dude lectured for half of the first lecture and then just dipped until ninth week. His slides are extremely low effort - you can tell they were made the night before and not proofread at all. Not a good teacher, but an extremely nice guy. His slides don't really matter that much (still go through them to get a better understanding of all the material) since as far as i know he didn't write a single test question. During ninth week, he lectured on Tuesday about stem cell therapies for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. On Thursday, we were assigned groups and asked to pick a disorder, come up with potential therapies for the disorder, and present them to the class. 40% of the points on the final were attendance in those two lectures. So, mans is basically a non-factor in this class - just don't skip his graded lectures.

Lebelle:
I'm sure you know Lebelle from 102. Good professor, no complaints here. However, her test questions are often vague.

Ge:
Ge probably does great research and is a huge asset to the school, but she is not an engaging or easily understandable lecturer. Go or skip her lectures, doesn't matter. Make a quizlet set and memorize her slides word for word and you won't miss a single exam question that she's written.

Grading:
3 exams, each is 1/3 of your grade.
Attendance in two lectures (Kornblum) that ends up being worth 40% of your final exam grade.

Exams:
In class, not difficult to finish in the time frame.
Multiple choice, select as many answers as you like. Terrible exam format but they give partial credit so who cares. There is also a possible ten points of bonus on each exam, making the highest possible exam grade 110%. I'd expect bonus questions that you wouldn't be able to answer if you didn't read the papers they assign. Also, Lebelle liked to give bonus questions about very specific numbers that were in the lectures (ie. How many new neurons are added to the rodent olfactory bulb each day). The bonus is kind of crucial since the exam format makes it real difficult to get 100% even if you know what you're doing.

Content:
Cool. It's a new field, so expect to read a lot of very new research papers. Nothing about stem cells is well established and there's a lot of very exciting research happening, so i'm sure the content of the class will change greatly year to year.

Overall:
Not a bad class. No tricks. It's not easy, but if you put the work in you will get an A.

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Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A-
June 20, 2019

There were three professors for this class. Kornblum, Lebelle, and Ge.

Kornblum:
This dude lectured for half of the first lecture and then just dipped until ninth week. His slides are extremely low effort - you can tell they were made the night before and not proofread at all. Not a good teacher, but an extremely nice guy. His slides don't really matter that much (still go through them to get a better understanding of all the material) since as far as i know he didn't write a single test question. During ninth week, he lectured on Tuesday about stem cell therapies for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. On Thursday, we were assigned groups and asked to pick a disorder, come up with potential therapies for the disorder, and present them to the class. 40% of the points on the final were attendance in those two lectures. So, mans is basically a non-factor in this class - just don't skip his graded lectures.

Lebelle:
I'm sure you know Lebelle from 102. Good professor, no complaints here. However, her test questions are often vague.

Ge:
Ge probably does great research and is a huge asset to the school, but she is not an engaging or easily understandable lecturer. Go or skip her lectures, doesn't matter. Make a quizlet set and memorize her slides word for word and you won't miss a single exam question that she's written.

Grading:
3 exams, each is 1/3 of your grade.
Attendance in two lectures (Kornblum) that ends up being worth 40% of your final exam grade.

Exams:
In class, not difficult to finish in the time frame.
Multiple choice, select as many answers as you like. Terrible exam format but they give partial credit so who cares. There is also a possible ten points of bonus on each exam, making the highest possible exam grade 110%. I'd expect bonus questions that you wouldn't be able to answer if you didn't read the papers they assign. Also, Lebelle liked to give bonus questions about very specific numbers that were in the lectures (ie. How many new neurons are added to the rodent olfactory bulb each day). The bonus is kind of crucial since the exam format makes it real difficult to get 100% even if you know what you're doing.

Content:
Cool. It's a new field, so expect to read a lot of very new research papers. Nothing about stem cells is well established and there's a lot of very exciting research happening, so i'm sure the content of the class will change greatly year to year.

Overall:
Not a bad class. No tricks. It's not easy, but if you put the work in you will get an A.

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Overall Rating
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Easiness 3.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.0 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 5.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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